Show SILt COAST nvsis UrlgnillcrUuiiiral < < bun SccrctirE I umip or ItijiorlH Other Itmiv S WASIIIVOTON Nov 2fJIn < his nnnual ro tort to the Scorotnty of War Brigadier iltnornl Diane Chief of I iigincers savs snls daring 1 the p ist year the operations nt the ntll V oJ sea const nnd lake front defenses have boon restricted to those neoossnry for tho preservation preser-vation nnd repair of tho existing works The subject of the defenslvo system of tho countrY so far ns regards tho ports nt which fortifications nnd other defenses tire most urgently required is sufficiently treated in the elaborate report thudS to Congress by the lortihc itions hoard showing tho nenrly defenseless condition of our son consts nnd like fronts Gouernl liiano expresses the elief I that the failure of Congress 10 m iko anpropn itions for tithe nil importnnt work his mrillly nrnou from tho dillioiilty in do termimiu the best method of procuinig armor 11 ite Ho sayS tho preparation of sites the construction of mnsonry foutidn lions tho building of mortar batteries nnd work equally necessary with that of piocur J hag tineor will demand much time IoiW earnestly recommended that funds bo ut once appropriated for this work and for submarine sub-marine mine nil of which om be iicom phsheJ before armor plato will bo required hjN The estimates submitted nngregntiiij 1 011 WJ nre based upon tho present defensive sjstem of our sea coast Attention is allied to this estImates for torpedoes For tho present it is s lid our prmcip d reliance for harbor defense in case of war must rest upon hired minos and it is 01oi nlliull f 1dosL nl very itecOtstsiry that there should n full supply of these on hand nt tho principal son port of tho N ition Owing to tho failure of Congress to mnko npproprintions it hns become I necessnry not only to suspend I torpedo i utn ls 0l tI pedo experiments but nlso to u great ox tent the practical instruction I i of engineer trooji I m the details I of Him service huso experiments hnvo been in prosecution for noraajciri and this system of fixed mines has heett derol hot I tutu ls gradually improved until it Iilli 1 fair if tho funds tire available lo t rcnch this highest point of excellence IJel I lonchnu i I this 1 workot river nnd harbor Improvement tho report snys tho funds with which these works wore prosecuted Ir A g r J bi I during the fiscal year ending Juno Xth wore owing to the fniluro of Congress to luako appropriation1 derived mainly from I such balances ns remained on hand from I the appropriation toads for the your 1841 Secretary Whitney has issued nn order I for the uischnrgo of nil employes in this civil llioOI NIII ffitftlhshmuits of this Washington l Navy I Yards whIt the exception of is foromnn nnd i cleric for each department Iho klai to iuiglit 1 says When the I Secretory issued his hoI artier horning the Yard over to the Ordiinnco Bureau nnd directing the discharge of om idelets itt this iloparttitents nbohshed bj the i roii t order otloatitiige wax taken of the provision for lepni cn > ULh force to pick UI the Isoods in tho dilleruit brnnches by retaining the civil estnlilHhnienls in tho various do artmetits I Iho work of packing up will be ilonolunafter by employing laborers the h critnrj not bdieving III rotninini clerks wotck ito it amid messengers for laborers work V dozen employes under this Bureau of 1tirii amid Docks timid about thirty under the Sleaiii rl n incoring i Burenu will bo i in dude 1 in the discharges as well ns this urn lojes 1 under other bureaus which have been abolished t this UiLlnh Iostollloe Dopartuiont in loudon havine decided that merloan hostel cards addressed by Inbel mnohino tOh llllnlIIlt hU caiiiDt I ho delivorul ei1 thnt oiuntry this lostmnster Uenernl will iouest tho British postal nutliorities to reconsider their do I cision flit postnl treaty provides Hint l othine Hindi bo attached to postal cords ox l I cejt i istnee stamps |